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B. S. VOTEY.

ORGAN CASE. No. 348,505. PatentedAug. 31, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

ORGAN COMPANY,

OF SAME PLACE.

ORGAN-CASE.

Q PI-IGIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 348,505, datedAugust 31, 1886.

Application filed October 29, 1-84.

T aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN S. VoTEY, of Detroit, county of \Vaync,a11dState of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improve ment inOrgan-Cases; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to theaccompany ing drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention consists ofthe combinations of devices and applianceshereinafter specified, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

My invention relates particularly to improvements in the organ-case,rather than to the movement.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of an organ-casc involvingmy invention, and showing parts in elevation. Fig. 2 is a separate viewillustrating the details by which the deslai'rame is secured to thecase. Fig. 3 is a separate view illustrating in detail the means bywhich the key-slip is connected with the case.

The object of my invention is to provide means whereby that portionknown as the desk frame may be readily secured in place,

removed from its place, orlil'ted up and thrown back for the purpose ofgaining access to the interior parts of the organ without the necessityof using a screw-driver and without the employment of screws or othersimilar permanent fastcnings; also, in providing that portion known asthe key-slip with latches, belts, or other equivalent fastenings, bywhich the same may be quickly seemed in place or removed from the framewithout the neces- 40 sity of screwdrivers and without the neccs sityfor the use of screws or other similar fastenings.

Heretofore in the construction of organ-eases it has been customary withrespect to those parts which have to be removed to gain access to theinterior to fasten them in place with screws. The removal and replacingof these parts require considerable time, and each time serves in agreater or less degree to mar the exterior finish of the case. Injury isalso frequently done by the screw-driver com Renewed February 6, 1556.Serial No. IDLOSZ.

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ing into contact with the finished surfaces. Moreover, the screws arefrequently forced home so strongly as to strip the wooden threads withwhich they engage. This results in a positive injury, because thcpartcannot thereafter be properly secured in place, and, being loose, is aptto produce a disagreeable vibration. I overcome these difficulties asfollows:

A represents the usual framework of an 6: orgairease.

3 represents the part I term the deskframe.

0 is what I term the key-slip, being the removable section immediatelybeneath the keys.

D represents a lamp -bracket, and E the lamp. The said lamp bracket andlamp constitute the subject-matter of another application for LettersPatent of even date herewith. 7o

. I provide the desk-frame with ahook-formed cleat, 1-3, which isfastened to its rear side a little below its upper edge. A similar clcatis secured to both ends of the desk-frame. These cleats engage pins Bwhich project inwardly from the ends of the case, as shown moreparticularly in Fig. 2. It is thus apparent that the desk-frame may beswung up around these pins B as pivots, and so access can be had to theinterior; or it may be turned up about the pins and then the wholedesk-frame be slid back over the pins, as indicated in dotted lines; orafter having turned the deslcframe up about the pins, and having slid itback sufficiently far to disengage the pins from the cleats, thedesk-frame maybe lifted slightly and taken entirely out in front. Thepins and cleats form a perfectly secure fastening at all times, yet thestructure, as above explained, is such as to admit of quickly removo ingor opening the desk-frame without the employment of screw-drivers or anyother tools.

The key-slip G is provided at its lower edge with dowel-pins 0, adaptedto engage corre- 5 spending dowel-holes in the frame A. Near the upperedge of the key-slip, and at both ends of the same, I locate suitablelatches, which engage with the frame A. These latches or catches may beof any desired form, al- IOO though a very simple and inexpensive deviceis that shown in the drawings, in which 0* is a cylindrical pin housedin a corresponding cylindrical opening. A spiral spring, 0 serves toproject the pin into the frame A, while a button, 0, serves to retractthe pin when it is desired to remove the key-slip from the organ-frame.This button also permits a neat exterior finish. When it is desired toremove the key-slip, it is only necessary to withdraw the bolts or pins0 and to turn the key-slip out around its lower edge until it can belifted to disengage the dowel-pins.

- The above construction enables thekey-slip to be quickly removed orinserted in place without the use of screw-drivers or any other tools.

What I claim is 1. In an organ-case, the combination of a desk-frameprovided with hooks or cleats, and pins connected with the case for saidcleats to engage with, the said pins and cleats being arranged,substantially as described, so

that when the desk-frame is turned on said pins it may be moved backwardor lifted and removed from the case without disturbing the case-top,substantially as described.

2. The combination, with an organ-case, of a key-slip provided with abolt or catch adapted to be operated by the hand to lock and unlock theslip to the case, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with an organ-case, of a key-slip provided withdowels and with spring-actuated bolts to engage with sockets in the caseto lock and unlock the slip to the case, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

EDWIN s. VOTEY.

W'itnesses:

J. S. BENTLEY, E. H. WEsToN, Jr.

